authors |
Brown, G.Z., McDonald, M. and Meacham, M. |
year |
1990 |
title |
A Review of Computer Use in Industrialized Housing |
source |
October, 1990. 72 p. : ill. includes bibliography |
summary |
The U.S. housing industry is becoming increasingly industrialized. In the process, housing production is becoming more standardized and rationalized, which have the potential to make computerization of the production process easier. This report reviews, assess and documents the extent of computer use in marketing, design, engineering and manufacturing of industrialized housing. Compares and contrasts the state of the art in U.S. vs. Japan and Western Europe. It assess and documents the needs of the domestic industry in this field, and establishes design criteria for new computerized energy tools unique to industrialized housing |
keywords |
prefabrication, housing, CAD, practice, building, energy, management |
series |
CADline |
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